Friday, April 24, 2026
Human rights activists count 7 torture chambers detaining Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant staff -- Russian overnight strikes on Odesa residential buildings kill married couple, injure 15 -- 12 Russian FSB officers killed in drone strike on command post in occupied Donetsk -- Russians in Tuapse in disbelief after Ukrainian drones bring the war home ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/friday-april-24-2026/
Not sure if I shared this yet: some recent writing with reflections on a trip to #Graz last November, entitled 'The Ways a Hearthfire Burns' and looking at the feel of the city but also its history and the tension between its past and present:
Today is #InternationalChildrensBookDay - so book 1 of this 🧵by Sybille A. Jagusch is on depictions of #Japan in 200 years of American #ChildrensBooks - from #travelogues to picture books, adventure stories #folklore & more
#ICBD #AmericanLiterature #Asia #interculturalexchange #LiteraryStudies
The Countryman (1562) by François Desprez, from Collection of Various Clothing Styles.
Source: Rijksmuseum
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ed966242-04d1-4742-9583-c0a9971ad35b
The Scot (1562) by François Desprez, from Collection of Various Clothing Styles.
Source: Rijksmuseum
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/dc9e076d-9f92-4c32-ab25-94112205327a
Ibn Battuta is cooler tbh
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1843833/ibn-battuta-is-cooler-tbh
From BL Egerton MS 1900 (ca. 1467).
Source: British Library
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/137e076d-a2e4-4308-9246-24c3509f05b0
#journeys #manuscripts #travel #landscapes #travelogues #towers #architecture #art #publicdomain
The Greek (1562) by François Desprez, from Collection of Various Clothing Styles.
Source: Rijksmuseum
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2024ffba-d371-4731-84d5-66e11958fabc
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